GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |